I have a very odd nutcracker. It's solid hand carved wood. It's in the likeness of a man dressed in a red jacket and white pants, with black boots. Inside of its mouth it has 6 teeth, 3 on top and bottom. The figure also has a red flat hat on hte right side of it's head. The hat has a strange inscriptioin on it.
While doing some investigation into the nutcracker, I found out that Nutcarackers were made in the likeness of certain people to kind of degrade them. I was also told by a collector that he thought it might be in the likeness of Hitler.
So now I am completely confused.
If anyone has any ideas please let me know.

Clough

Does yours look anything like those that you might find on the pages of the following image search? Antique Wooden Nutcracker - Google Image Search

There is also quite a bit of information about the history of nutcrackers on the following links.

History of Nutcrackers

The History of Nutcrackers

Art and Culture, History of the Nutcrackers - Amazines.com Article Search Engine

alexismo

Nope, it's totally different. It doesn't have any hair on it, it's about a foot tall, and the teeth in it's mouth are little black nubs. I'll try to upload some photos.
Thanks though.

Clough

We will look forward to some images being posted! Are there any marks like letters or numbers on it that might help in the identification? If you could provide also a close-up of the inscription on it, that would help.

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